now going into the night, there were 17 women in the u.s. senate. the most to ever serve at the same time. although two are retiring, the two major parties had 18 women running. that includes six democrats, incumbents, who were seeking reelection. all of them won. they are joined by six other democrats. that includes congress woman tammy baldwin in wisconsin. she could become the first female senator from that state. elizabeth warren in massachusetts, she won there earlier this evening, becoming the first woman senator from massachusetts. now looking at the republicans, in nebraska, deb fisher has won. we could see women holding 20 seat is about the end of the -- by the end of this evening. that would be 1/5 of the chamber or 20%. while that is certainly significant, we all should keep in mind that women make up 51% of the u.s. population. scott? >> byron, thank you. we want to go to dean 's a bit of reality check. the republicans may be waiting for the returns to come in but in fact secretary of state's office here says that the outstanding returns